High School

The Jefferson Forest girls defeated Liberty 38-32 on Jan. 12 in a Bedford County and district match up.
“The girls played very hard. It was a battle of two good defensive teams,” said Liberty Coach Emilee Dunton.
Jefferson Forest took the lead in the first 8-5. The Lady Minutemen outscored the Lady Cavaliers in the second, however, it wasn’t enough to take a lead. JF led 14-12 at halftime.

The Liberty wrestling team struggled in a tri-meet against Brookville and Tunstall.
“We are a very young team. We have no seniors for the first time since I’ve been head coach and only three juniors,” said Coach Ethan Lucas.
Liberty fell to Tunstall 66-18. At 113, Hunter Alto won by fall at 1:23. At 145, Brandon Baez pinned Irvin at :47. At 220, Tre’ Saunders won by forfeits.

Jefferson Forest boys basketball hosted Brookville on Thursday, Jan. 14. At the start of the game Brookville was 7-6 on the season and Forest was 5-9. The Cavaliers conquered the Bees 59-44.
JF took over in the first 14-9. Forest extended its lead 29-14 at the half.

Some bad luck isn’t keeping the Forest wrestling team from trying its hardest.
Early on the Cavs lost 4th place finisher from the 2015 state tournament, Blake Justis, to a broken bone in his foot. Then Wednesday night in a quad with EC Glass, LCA and G.W. Danville, more injuries were piled on, both in the EC Glass matchup.

The Liberty girls wounded the Lady Pioneers 51-38 in a district basketball game on Friday, Jan. 15.
“From the opening tip the girls controlled the tempo of the game,” said Coach Emilee Dunton.
The Lady Minutemen tied in the first period at 10. Liberty exploded in the second scoring 18 points and taking the lead 28-18.

It was an unexciting end for what was a whale of a game as the Staunton River boys basketball took on Rockbridge on Friday, Jan 15 in a district match up. River fell to Rockbridge 52-51.
Staunton River took a 15-8 lead in the first period. The Golden Eagles gave up some ground in the second but kept their lead over the Wildcats 20-17 going into halftime.

Staunton River boys basketball fell to Blue Ridge Powerhouse Northside 64-29 Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Northside took the lead in the first 21-6. River outscored Northside in the second but was unable to make a comeback. Northside led 28-14 at the half.
Northside held River back in the second half of the game and finished with a 64-29 victory over the Eagles.

Liberty girls basketball won its fourth victory of the season last Tuesday, Jan. 5. The Lady Minutemen defeated Rockbridge 56-49.
Liberty started out strong taking over 14-4 in the first period. The Lady Minutemen extended their lead in the second 28-14.

Jefferson Forest traveled to West Virginia for a weekend of wrestling on Jan. 8-9. Beckley was the destination and The West Virginia Army National Guard Duals was the event, a grueling 2 day event of five matches per day with teams from VA, OH, SC, and of course WV.

Liberty traveled to Brookville to wrestle against E.C Glass and Brookville. However, Liberty and Brookville decided to wait until this Wednesday to wrestle each other. Liberty did wrestle E.C. Glass and won 42-30.